Force. What does that mean . Correspondence say its a relatively smalljoint Military Force put on alert. Most likely to secure nigers borders. West African Leaders is a dialogue with the leaders of this Military Coup will be the bedrock of the approach that they take to this crisis. Well, basically, one of the major decisions was the, despite all and open, including the option of Military Force as a last resort. They have now ordered the activation of the Standby Force. When this is going to start, we dont know. One of the other things that the us leaders have done is to reiterate their condemnation of the coup in niger as well as the continued detention of president mohamed bazoum. They also condemned the condition in which they say the president and his family have been kept and they are insisting that all the measures that have been put in place earlier, including a resolution as well as Border Closure and restriction of movement, will remain in force while they explore every means to arrive at a very peaceful and agreeable resolution. Thanks to chris for that. Earlier, i spoke to dr fola aina, associate fellow at the think tank Royal United Services institute. I asked him just how delicate this all is. First thought, first and foremost is the fact that it was during its second political summits on the situation in the republic of niger, which hasjust ended today, has come out to say all options to remain on the table, including a Military Intervention, and to take it a step further. Ecowas during its second summit. What it has done now, it has directed that of chiefs of defence staffs activates the Standby Force and has also directed them or ordered them rather to basically prepare to be involved directly in niger. So, basically, what were going to begin to see right now is more of a drive towards a Military Solution, which would have serious consequences, bearing the fact that niger would have to show that the brunt of this responsibility. So, just tojump in there, a Military Solution here, what does that mean . What would that look like . So, essentially, that would require the member states, again, apart from the other states which have declared that they are willing to support knee jerk, to support niger, including burkina faso and mali, but the rest of them would essentially be contributing troops and of course Financial Resources to back a Military Intervention. But like i also mentioned earlier, nigeria would very likely be leading this intervention because its got the Largest Military force in the region. And of course, also the economic strength to provide Financial Resources required for Military Intervention. But its also important to bear in mind. Currently, nigerias saddled with its own challenges, which also includes efforts to re engineer its economy on the one hand, and also the fact that also struggling with its own cases of insecurity. So, the ability at the moment to spearhead or lead a Military Intervention is not guaranteed now, of course. And im not going to ask you to predict the future, lets get more from the us, where inflation inched up injuly, but by less than expected. The Consumer Price index, a key inflation figure, rose 3. 2 compared to a year ago. It was running at 3 injune so, on the face of it, the pace of price rises has ticked up again. But the markets had expected a bigger increase. So whats been the reaction in the markets and what do the figures mean for us Interest Rates . We asked Bloomberg Economy reporter reade pickert. That went up because, frankly,. But the story was really good news story when we look at the report. You saw a key measure of underlying information, as well as economists, actually posted the smallest back to back monthly gains weve seen in over two years. When you look at that momentum, were moving in the right direction. When you pair that data with what weve seen in the Labour Market where unemployment is still very low, the libra market is still very low, the libra market is still quite strong, along with economic activity, reallyjust keeps plugging along. It really reinforces while we have seen this whole narrative about why folks think the us economy can avert a recession Labour Market. 50. Us economy can avert a recession Labour Market us economy can avert a recession Labour Market. So, bigger chance now bein Labour Market. So, bigger chance now being avoided Labour Market. So, bigger chance now being avoided. What Labour Market. So, bigger chance now being avoided. What does Labour Market. So, bigger chance now being avoided. What does that Labour Market. So, bigger chance now being avoided. What does that mean i being avoided. What does that mean about things like Interest Rates . They tend to go up, so how does this all feed in . 50. They tend to go up, so how does this all feed in . All feed in . So, the Federal Reserve has a meeting all feed in . So, the Federal Reserve has a meeting next all feed in . So, the Federal Reserve has a meeting next month, all feed in . So, the Federal Reserve has a meeting next month, and has a meeting next month, and after the results today, folks are broadly expecting to leave rates unchanged. Theres the fact that they will walk the line of Reinforcing Theirjob is not done yet. We often talk about the fed in terms of Interest Rate hikes or cuts, but Interest Rates are currently at a 22 year high. Evenif are currently at a 22 year high. Even if they leave them where they are, thats still having an impact on the economy and still playing a role in terms of bringing inflation, which is still quite far above from where the fed wanted to be. Farmers across britain have been struggling to harvest their crops after wheat, barley and hay have been flattened by the wind and rain and the soil is waterlogged. One farmer in wiltshire says the losses are heart breaking. Our reporter liz beacon has the story. So this is our wheat thats been damaged by the wind and the rain, as you can see. For a farmer, august should be one of the busiest times of year, harvesting crops. This year, the Unrelenting Rain has put paid to that and everythings ground to a halt. Its pretty depressing and its pretty heartbreaking because weve gone to lot of effort to grow this wheat and, of course, weve spent all the costs on it, so were completely cost stacked now, and without selling it, we cant, you know, we cant reclaim those costs. So we are. Yeah, its actually a lot worse than i thought. Tom collins is a fourth generation farmer here on his family farm. He knows it can rain in august, but, after one of the wettestjulys on record, he believes Climate Change is having huge consequences for his business. What we really want is a level price at a time like this. If you worked in a shop and you earn £30,000 one year, then £40,000, then £25,000, and youre trying to pay your mortgage every month as a flat line and run a business, so were just trying to shake out all the volatility and try and get a flat, you know, a flat price for our grain, which is much better to run a business. Then you can budget and go forward and make investments and etc, etc. And do you think this prolonged spell of wet weather will impact grain prices and consumers, ultimately . Domestic probably will go up £3 or £4 a tonne. I dont think it will have a huge effect, i think it can be absorbed in the supply chain, but if it continues, it will have an effect. If we dont get some nice weather at the end of august, if august is all wet, a wetjuly then a wet august, it will start to have an effect. This section of his crop has been totally flattened by the wet weather. When it starts to seed, its getting to the point where it may no longer be salvageable. Tom needs dry weather in the next 48 hours before itll all go to waste. On another part of the farm, tom is using a dryer to dry out the grain. Its costing him an extra £300 a day. Once the grain has been harvested and dried, its stored in this grain store. At this time of the year, it would normally be half full. As you can see, its completely empty. The nfu says farmers are used to working in unpredictable weather. What they do need, it says, is better support from the government. And without it, farmers like tom are left looking to the sky. Back to the assassination of a candidate in ecuador. Some rivals have spitted campaigning, but the election is still going ahead. Fernando for cynthia was shot dead. These pictures are a bit upsetting coming up. He wasjust leaving a campaign rally, he was surrounded by security, and then we froze and pause the footage. Gunshot this is a gang of apparent Drug Traffickers calling themselves los lobos, or the wolves. Big caution here, because this hasnt been verified. Some other groups are contesting that claim. The candidate himself was a critic of corruption. 0ne himself was a critic of corruption. One of the few to allege links between crime and officials in ecuador. The president has said the army will be deployed to ensure elections go ahead as planned on august the 20th. I spoke tojimena blanco, head of americas at the risk Analysis Company verisk maplecroft. Jimena gave us her assessment of why the candidate had been targeted. I think this is a watershed moment for ecuador in terms of were seeing the confluence of the countrys political crisis, which is what triggered this snap general election, together with the Security Crisis that the country is under. And this is a situation that has been evolving for some years now. The situation in ecuador has worsened significantly over the past three years, and its Security Indicators now start comparing with those of some of its neighbours like columbia. Well, lets just stay on exactly that point, so why . Whats some of the reasons . Were looking at a map now. We can see ecuador there and the countries around it. Why has the Security Situation in ecuador worsened so much . Well, of course we have a major problem in Latin America in terms of drug cultivation, Drug Trafficking and the emergence of organised crime, and organised crime has become increasingly more diversified. So, we often talk about drugs, but theyre now of course involved in other illicit activities illicit mining, trafficking of people, of weapons, counterfeit goods, etc. That criminality from columbia has spilled over into ecuador, and as we have a power vacuum in columbia after the peace deal, new groups from mexico, cartels from mexico have moved into the region. And in ecuador, this has fuelled a massive increase in violence that is no longer concentrated on the border with columbia. It now stretches all the way to the south of the country and its major export ports. So were not only seeing violence, but were also seeing a Major Economic impact for businesses operating in the country. So, difficult climate for businesses. Difficult climate for politics and democracy you, and clearly a very difficult place for people to live. How does a country like this, given these circumstances, try and turn things around . I circumstances, try and turn things around . ~. , � , circumstances, try and turn things around . ~. , v , circumstances, try and turn things around . ~. � , ,. , around . I think thats why i Started B Sa In around . I think thats why i started by saying at around . I think thats why i started by saying at a around . I think thats why i started by saying at a watershed around . I think thats why i started by saying at a watershed moment. | by saying at a watershed moment. This assassination will have a direct impact on the election. We have seen it in countries like mexico in 1984, in columbia in 1989, not only changing the course of that election, but also of Public Policy around security. And ecuador and its leadership will have to come to terms with the fact that is no longer transmit country, that as a major Security Crisis and this will be at the top of the Policy Agenda for the next administration. Regardless of who wins. You say regardless regardless of who wins. You say regardless of regardless of who wins. You say regardless of who regardless of who wins. You say regardless of who wins, regardless of who wins. You sayj regardless of who wins, whoever does win and take control takes control, whats there chances of reserves inc. Reversing this . I think the challenges are many fold and corruption is one of the main challenges and also the infiltration of illicit funding into campaigns, and in fact, before his killing, villavicencio said he was going to be handing over new evidence to the prosecutors of how illicit money was entering the ecuadorian campaign. Of course, we dont know that evidence quite yet. It will be very interesting to see if that emerges and what were his allegations. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lugging the weekly shop nobody will deliver here, so sarah rogers and the other residents have to take this route every time they want to get from their cars to their homes. I do the shopping for my disabled next door neighbour. If i didnt, he wouldnt have any stuff. For nextdoor neighbour. Ifi didnt, he wouldnt have any stuff. Wouldnt have any stuff. For two ears wouldnt have any stuff. For two years now. Wouldnt have any stuff. For two years now. Its wouldnt have any stuff. For two years now, its been wouldnt have any stuff. For two years now, its been like wouldnt have any stuff. For two years now, its been like this. I wouldnt have any stuff. For two i years now, its been like this. The bridge was closed in 2021 because of concerns that it might collapse. 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Basically, louis, we are waiting for this man here, harry kane, to make up this man here, harry kane, to make up his mind. As to what he now wants to do. We have the news today that the two clubs that have been in deep negotiations, Bayern Munich have been targeting harry kane for a while. Untiltoday, been targeting harry kane for a while. Until today, finally tottenham agreed A Deal In Principle worth about 100 million euros, about £86 million. The clubs themselves have agreed a deal, but now its up to harry kane as to whether he wants to harry kane as to whether he wants to go. There are some reports saying that maybe he was going to go, and maybe hes thinking hes wont he wont. He is such a great legacy with tottenham. Hes the record goal scorer with 280 goals. He has played for them for his entire se